Beckmann Sketchbook 21
1918-1922
Medium
sketchbook with 27 sketches in graphite and charcoal on graph paper. Notations are in graphite, pen with blue or brown ink, and purple colored pencil.
Dimensions
book: 15.8 x 10.5 x 8 cm (6 1/4 x 4 1/8 x 3 1/8 in.)
Classification
Volume
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Gift of Mrs. Max Beckmann
Accession Number
1984.64.47.1-27
About the Artist
Max Beckmann
Max Carl Friedrich Beckmann (1884-1950) stands as one of the most significant German painters of the twentieth century, a complex artist who bridged Expressionism and the New Objectivity while forging a deeply personal visual language. Born in Leipzig into a middle-class family, Beckmann's artistic journey spanned from academic classicism through the traumatic crucible of World War I to a mature s...